Scrum Master

Job title: Scrum Master

Location: Toronto, ON (4 days onsite)

Duration: 12 months

SUMMARY OF DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Scrum Master Roles and Responsibilities:

•Facilitate Scrum ceremonies:

Lead and guide the team through daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.

•Remove impediments:

Proactively identify and eliminate obstacles, conflicts, and issues that hinder the team's progress, coordinating with external groups or stakeholders as needed.

•Coach and mentor:

Guide the team in adopting and practicing Agile principles and Scrum values, helping them develop self-management and continuous improvement skills.

•Shield the team:

Protect the team from external interference and distractions to allow them to focus on delivering value during the sprint.

•Foster collaboration:

Promote effective communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders, ensuring a healthy and productive environment.

•Promote transparency:

Encourage the team to track relevant metrics and make informed decisions to improve their processes.

Additionally, the following items.

•Leading PI Planning for the teams.

•Keeping teams and partners on track during execution.

•Coaching Agile Teams.

•Improving workflow between teams.

•Driving improvements in the teams.

•Managing alignment between the business and various partner groups.

MUST-HAVE Hard Skills:

1.) Risk, impediment and dependency management

2.) CSM certification (any scrum master cert works)

3.) Program Increment planning – quarterly planning etc.

NICE-TO-HAVE

1.) Scaled Agile certification

2.) Banking or financial institution experience

3.) Release Train Engineer experience (knowledge)

4.) Project Management experience

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Dexian will on request provide accommodation for disabilities to support your participation in all aspects of Recruitment, Assessment and selection process